utils¶

Module: utils¶

Utility functions.

Authors:

• Arno Klein, 2015 (arno@sagebase.org) http://binarybottle.com

Copyright 2015, Sage Bionetworks (http://sagebase.org), Apache v2.0 License

Functions¶

mhealthx.utils.rename_file(old_file, new_filename='', new_path='', file_append='', create_file=False)¶

Rename (and optionally copy) a file / path / file_append.

old_file : string

old file name (full path)

new_filename : string

new file name (not the full path)

new_path : string

replacement path

file_append : string

append to file names

create_file : Boolean

copy file (or just create a string)?

new_filepath : string

new file name (full path, if remove_path not set)

>>> from mhealthx.utils import rename_file
>>> old_file = '/homedir/wav/test1.wav'
>>> new_filename = ''
>>> new_path = '.'
>>> file_append = '.csv'
>>> create_file = True
>>> new_filepath = rename_file(old_file, new_filename, new_path, file_append, create_file)

mhealthx.utils.run_command(command, flag1='', arg1='', flags='', args=[], flagn='', argn='', closing='')¶

Run a generic command.

command : string

name of command: “SMILExtract”

flag1 : string

optional first command line flag

arg1 : string

optional first argument, handy for iterating over in the pipeline

flags : string or list of strings

command line flags precede their respective args: [“-C”, “-I”, “-O”]

args : string or list of strings

command line arguments: [“config.conf”, “input.wav”, “output.csv”]

flagn : string

optional last command line flag

argn : string

optional last argument, handy for iterating over in the pipeline

closing : string

closing string in command

command_line : string

full command line

args : list of strings

command line arguments

arg1 : string

optional first argument, handy for iterating over in the pipeline

argn : string

optional last argument, handy for iterating over in the pipeline

>>> from mhealthx.utils import run_command
>>> command = 'ls'
>>> flag1 = ''
>>> arg1 = ''
>>> flags = ['-l', '']
>>> args = ['/software', '/desk']
>>> flagn = ''
>>> argn = ''
>>> closing = '> test.txt'
>>> command_line, args, arg1, argn = run_command(command, flag1, arg1, flags, args, flagn, argn, closing)